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Postboxes in Shrewsbury
Explore 129 mapped postboxes in Shrewsbury.
Shrewsbury currently has 129 mapped postboxes recorded by The Postbox Hunter. The postboxes in Shrewsbury include 6 recorded royal cyphers. The most common is EIIR, recorded on 50 postboxes, representing 38.8% of the mapped total. The complete recorded cypher list is: EIIR (50), GR (11), GVIR (8), VR (5), EVIIR (3) and no (1). Among the recognised royal cyphers in the data, VR is the earliest recorded and EIIR is the most recent. The most commonly recorded postbox type is Pillar, with 54 mapped examples. The data contains 4 different recorded postbox types. Across the available tagging data, 8 designs and 1 colour are represented. The most frequently recorded colour is Red, appearing on 16 mapped postboxes. This information is generated from the latest postbox location and tagging data available to The Postbox Hunter.
• 129 mapped postboxes • 6 recorded royal cyphers • Recorded cyphers: EIIR (50), GR (11), GVIR (8), VR (5), EVIIR (3), no (1) • 4 recorded postbox types • 8 recorded designs • 1 recorded colour • Most common cypher: EIIR (50 postboxes) • Most common type: Pillar (54) • Earliest recognised cypher: VR • Most recent recognised cypher: EIIR
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Cypher | Type | Design | Colour | place | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
EIIR | pillar | type_c | - | Shrewsbury | |
EIIR | pillar | type_c | - | Shrewsbury | |
GVIR | pillar | type_b | - | Shrewsbury | |
VR | wall | - | - | Shrewsbury | | mounting = stone_pillar |
EVIIR | pillar | - | - | Shrewsbury | |
EIIR | pillar | type_c | - | Shrewsbury | |
EIIR | pillar | type_c | - | Shrewsbury | |
VR | pillar | penfold | - | Shrewsbury | |
EIIR | pillar | - | - | Bicton | |
- | pillar | - | - | Shrewsbury |
